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Quiz Questions - 1500 Metres Sprint

In which year did women first compete in the 1500m event at the Olympics ?

1980 Moscow
1948 London
1972 Munich
1984 Los Angeles

Yunxia Qu from China broke the womens world record for the 1500m in 1993 in a time of

2 mins 20 seconds
4 mins 50 seconds
3 mins 50 seconds
4 mins 20 seconds

The only female athlete to win 2 Olympic Golds at 1500m, winning in 1976 & 1980 was

Mary Decker
Tatyana Kazakina
Tatyana Tomashova
Gabriel Szabo

The last woman athlete to win both 1500m & 800m gold at the same Olympics is

Maria Mutola
Svetlana Masterkova
Mary Decker
Kelly Holmes

Today the fastest times for female athletes are dominated by athletes from which nation ?

Russia
China
Morocco
USA

The last male athlete to win both 1500m & 800m gold at the same Olympics is

Hicham El Gourraj
Sebastian Coe
Ron Delaney
Peter Snell

The only female athlete to win 2 World Championships at 1500m, winning in 2003 & 2005 was

Mary Decker
Kelly Holmes
Tatyana Tomashova
Gabriel Szabo

Hicham El Gerrouj from Morocco holds the world record for running the 1500m which stands at

3 mins 26 seconds
4 mins 26 seconds
2 mins 26 seconds
1 mins 26 seconds

The 1500 metre race is known as the

Metric Mile
Mile
Imaginary Mile
Long Mile

The only two male athletes to win the 1500m Olympic Gold twice are

Albert Hill Arnold Jackson
Hicham El Gourraj Noah Ngency
Sebastian Coe Jim Lightbody
Peter Snell Herb Elliot

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